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U.N. Says 91 Civilians Killed in El Fasher as RSF Escalates Siege

The U.N. rights chief urges urgent steps to protect civilians.

FILE - Sudanese displaced families take shelter in a school after being evacuated by the Sudanese army from areas once controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman, Sudan, located across the Nile River from Khartoum, on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo, file)

Overview

  • U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk reports at least 91 civilians killed between Sept. 19 and 29 during RSF artillery, drone strikes and ground incursions concentrated in the Daraja Oula area.
  • The U.N. says Daraja Oula has faced repeated attacks, including two drone strikes on a market last week, and reports at least 23 people killed on Sept. 30 when a community kitchen in Abu Shouk was shelled.
  • The Sudan Doctors Network says a new RSF missile strike on Wednesday killed 16 people and wounded 21, with residential neighborhoods described as the target.
  • Türk warns of a risk of large-scale, ethnically driven atrocities and calls for safe passage out of the city, the lifting of the siege and unhindered aid, citing RSF restrictions and violence against civilians transporting food.
  • The Committee to Protect Journalists documents arrests, assaults and rape of local reporters, while the army says it conducted a limited aid airdrop on Monday and claims to have killed foreign mercenaries fighting with the RSF.